English → Latin
“eligible” in Latin
dēligōto pick off, pluck off; to cull; to choose or select; to enroll, levycommoduscomfortable, commodious, suitable, useful, convenient, becoming; opportune, timely, tidy; pleasant, friendlyoptābilisdesirableexpetōto desire, covet; to demand insistently, solicit; to strive forēligōto choose, to pluck or root out, extract; to pick out, choose, elect
The English word eligible itself goes back to Latin ēligō, through eligibilis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
eligible
Capable of being chosen, circumlocution by eligi posse: creari posse, etc.; nulla lege exceptus, (or quem nulla lex excipit) ne eligatur, etc. (under no legal disqualification).
Such as one should wish to choose, dignus qui (quae, quod) eligatur or deligatur; but mostly by commodissimus, optabilis: expetendus. (The words are found in this connection and order.) expetendus et optabilis (Cic.). An eligible opportunity, opportunitas idonea; occasio commoda et idonea; occasio bona et optata. More eligible, melius, optabilius, praestantius. Nothing is more eligible than this, hoc nihil optabilius, nihil praestantius.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for eligible?
- The usual Latin words for “eligible” are dēligō, commodus, optābilis; also expetō, ēligō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.